Milos

MILOS KARADAGLIC Latino 4790063

Montenegrin classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic is just about the hottest property in classical music today, his prodigious musicianship matched only by his matinee-idol good looks. If anybody can command the attention of a packed concert venue with just the aid of a nylon-string acoustic guitar, it's him. And he's already proved it . . . anybody lucky enough to be in the audience can expect to be delicately, magically drawn into an intimate sound-world vibrating with the exotic musical colours of Spain, Latin America and Greece . . . Part of the reason Karadaglic has such a large following, unprecedented for a serious classical musician, is his ability to straddle both hardcore classical and pop classical camps.

Miscellaneous /
William Yeoman,
West Australian (Perth) / 15. November 2012

. . . a musician undeniably made for photoshoots but also one who possesses extraordinary expressive subtlety, grace and a range of tonal colour that is as apt as beguiling. This new Latin American programme . . . is outstanding in its finesse, warm sensuality and sheer beauty.

He doesn't disappoint with his sophomore effort . . . Milos' sense of pacing and his technical ease place the focus on melody. He teases out the intricate accompaniment patterns and intensifying repeated chords in Villa-Lobos' Prelude No. 1 and smoothly navigates the protracted tremolo effects of virtuoso pieces by Barrios Mangoreé. His pliant, poignant interpretation of Cardoso's "Milonga" is also a highlight.

Record Review /
Ronni Reich,
Star Ledger (Newark) / 27. July 2012

. . . [an] excellent orchestra . . . Karadaglic is a guitarist of superior musical and technical gifts who allows his personality to sing through the music with taste and intelligence . . . [there is] much to enjoy here for the most discerning aficionados, such as a fresh, sensitive account of Barrios's "Una limosna por el amor de Dios" and a very sexy "Mazurka-Choro" [by Villa-Lobos] . . . "Latino" is just so good that it deserves the widest possible audience . . . I loved every minute of it.

Record Review /
William Yeoman,
Gramophone (London) / 01. August 2012

The young Montenegrin classical guitarist takes a charismatic tour through Latin American and Mediterranean music . . . The selections are varied, disarming and colorful, and Milos, as the guitarist is known, plays everything with a fine blend of flair and subtlety.

. . . what a treasury this finger-pickin' instrumentalist performs with the subtlety, grace, flair and tonal colour with which he so emphatically imbued [his first album] "The Guitar". Tangos, Brazilian dances and works that vary from Chopin-like classicism of Villa-Lobos' Mazurka-Choro to the feathery trills of Mangore's "Un Suena en la Floresta" reveal Milos' total command of his instrument. Emphatically accompanied by the Studio Orchestra of the European Film Philharmonic, Milos' interpretation of these gems from the guitar's heartland deserves every aficionado's attention.